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Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management oversees the entire production and distribution process, from sourcing raw materials to delivering the final product. With global supply chains, managing risks such as human rights violations, corruption, and environmental impact has become increasingly complex. Growing regulations demand greater transparency, requiring companies to monitor, assess, and improve the social and environmental footprint of their operations.
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Solving for Scope 3: From data to action
This report examines the transition from Scope 3 disclosure to progress, driven by global regulations like CSRD and SB 253. It highlights the limitations of spend-based accounting and advocates for activity-based life cycle assessments. By integrating granular data into financial frameworks, organisations can achieve cost-effective, ROI-driven decarbonisation.
Transition minerals in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
A tracker from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre monitoring environmental and human rights allegations linked to 20 critical transition minerals across 16 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Modern approaches to modern slavery: Addressing risks and impacts in investor portfolios
This research examines how investors can move beyond policy-based assessments to identify modern slavery risks. It introduces Schroders' risk model and Shift's business model red flags to address structural vulnerabilities and supply chain opacity, helping investors protect long-term value through targeted engagement and improved data disclosure.
Traceability Tools Navigator
The Traceability Tools Navigator, developed by Preferred by Nature and WWF, allows users to compare digital tools for supply chain monitoring. It provides a standardised framework to evaluate traceability and risk assessment capabilities for forest-risk commodities.
NGFS note on the economic and financial impacts of extreme weather events
This NGFS report analyses the macroeconomic and financial impacts of extreme weather using 31 case studies. It highlights how hazards propagate through supply and demand channels, affecting growth and inflation. The document details transmission to the financial system and the critical role of resilience factors like insurance and data quality.
Decent work in the platform economy must include outsourced and migrant workers
This Equidem briefing highlights how platform companies use outsourcing and algorithmic management to evade labour responsibilities. It calls for international standards to include migrant workers and subcontractors, addressing issues like recruitment debt, opaque management, and fragmented accountability across digital supply chains in regions including the Gulf and the Philippines.
Smallholders and the European Union Deforestation Regulation: Challenges, implications, and pathways to compliance
This report examines challenges faced by smallholders under the European Union Deforestation Regulation. Based on a survey of 333 producers, it identifies land tenure, compliance costs, and technical gaps as major barriers. It recommends coordinated support from governments, the private sector, and sustainability organisations to ensure inclusive market access.
The TNFD LEAP approach in practice: Assessing water-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities across the AI value chain
This report examines the application of the TNFD LEAP approach in the technology sector, focusing on water risks within AI infrastructure. Through case studies of financial institutions and corporates, it identifies dependencies across semiconductor manufacturing and data centres, offering strategies to manage nature-related risks and opportunities.
Investor expectations of companies on deforestation
This report details investor expectations for companies to eliminate deforestation and associated human rights risks. Using a five-pillar framework—Commit, Assess, Transform, Engage, and Disclose—it aims to mitigate material financial risks while building supply chain resilience and supporting international climate and biodiversity targets by 2030.
Gender equality: SSI report (Sustainable and Resilient Value Chains series)
This research examines how voluntary sustainability standards and private sector initiatives address gender equality in agricultural value chains. Applying the Sustainable and Resilient Value Chains framework, it evaluates efforts across five commodities and recommends a 'smart mix' of solutions to transform structural inequalities and empower women producers.
Sustainable Market Share Index 2025 report
This 2025 report by the NYU Stern Centre for Sustainable Business analyses CPG sales, finding sustainability-marketed products hold a 25.4% branded market share. These products grow 4.9 times faster than conventional counterparts and command a 26.6% price premium, despite inflation. Market shares are significantly higher in Germany and the UK.
Navigating physical climate risk in fixed income
This joint primer examines physical climate risks in fixed income, highlighting the disclosure deficit in private credit and the analytical mismatch between climate models and debt maturities. It outlines how hazards impact credit fundamentals through insurance disruption and supply chain contagion, providing a due diligence framework for investors.
Climate Aligned Clauses Library
A comprehensive library of climate-aligned legal clauses provided by The Chancery Lane Project to help organisations integrate net zero goals into commercial contracts.
The case of EUDR in Ethiopia: How to secure climate, trade and development goals, and overcome risks of market exclusion
This research evaluates economic and financial risks to Ethiopia’s coffee sector from the European Union Deforestation Regulation. It identifies potential market exclusion for smallholders, significant foreign exchange losses, and financial vulnerabilities, while recommending integrated incentive mechanisms like carbon credits and improved cooperative structures to support compliance and livelihoods.
Strengthening synergies between JREDD+ and sustainable supply chains to protect tropical forests
This white paper examines the integration of Jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programmes with corporate supply chain sustainability. It identifies pathways for corporate engagement, addresses structural barriers, and provides recommendations for recognising jurisdictional progress within sustainability frameworks to scale investment and enhance forest conservation outcomes in commodity production landscapes.
Traceability
The Accountability Framework provides guidance on supply chain traceability to ensure products are free from deforestation and human rights abuses. It outlines traceability requirements for different supply chain actors, defines four approaches for controlling product origins, and provides tools for companies to assess and report on their ethical commitments.
